Hybridity, Identity, and Monstrosity in Medieval Britain: On Difficult Middles
                        
                     
                                            
                            
                                                                by J. Cohen
                                                                
                                    2021-01-05 02:01:11
                                
                                
                             
                         
                                     
                
                    Hybridity, Identity, and Monstrosity in Medieval Britain: On Difficult Middles
                                            
                                                            by J. Cohen
                                                        
                                2021-01-05 02:01:11
                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                                                This study examines the monsters that haunt twelfth-century British texts, arguing that in these strange bodies are expressed fears and fantasies about community, identity and race during the period. Cohen finds the origins of these monsters in a con...
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                                                This study examines the monsters that haunt twelfth-century British texts, arguing that in these strange bodies are expressed fears and fantasies about community, identity and race during the period. Cohen finds the origins of these monsters in a contemporary obsession with blood, both the literal and metaphorical kind.
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